Local and server paths question.

[William GS]

Hi,
I have in my PC the 'F:\' drive, it is an alias to '\\SERVER1\\DOCS'
How can I get the real path for 'F:\'?
How can I determine if 'F:\', 'G:\', etc. is a local drive drive or an alias
to SERVER path?
How can I determine if '\\SERVER1\\DOCS' has an alias in my local PC?
I am using VC6.00.

Thanks in advance,
William GS

[William DePalo [MVP VC++]]

"William GS" <Wi*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have in my PC the 'F:\' drive, it is an alias to '\\SERVER1\\DOCS'
How can I get the real path for 'F:\'?
You can use the WNetGetUniversalName() function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...versalname.asp
How can I determine if 'F:\', 'G:\', etc. is a local drive or an alias
to SERVER path?
See GetDriveType() here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tdrivetype.asp

It will tell you if a drive is fixed, removable or remote.
How can I determine if '\\SERVER1\\DOCS' has an alias in my local PC?
I am using VC6.00.

I'm not sure if this is the best way, but one thing you can do is call

WNetOpenEnum() with RESOURCETYPE_DISK

to open an enumeration of all of the networked disk resources on a machine
and then use

WNetEnumResource()

to get information about each one. Don't forget to call

WNetCloseEnum()

when you are done.

Regards,
Will